Live auction - fwo_445732 - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 1/4 Dollar Barber 1907 Denver

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Estimate :	170 €
Price :	no bid
Maximum bid :	no bid
End of the sale :	30 January 2018 17:24:32

Type : 1/4 Dollar Barber

Date: 1907

Mint name / Town : Denver

Quantity minted : 2484000

Metal : silver

Millesimal fineness : 900 ‰

Diameter : 24,3 mm

Orientation dies : 6 h.

Weight : 6,21 g.

Edge : cannelée

Catalogue references :

KM20/114 - Y.-

Obverse

Obverse legend : IN GOD WE TRUST // 1907.

Obverse description : Liberté tête à droite.

Reverse

Reverse legend : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA / . QUARTER DOLLAR ..

Reverse description : aigle héraldique aux ailes déployées.

Commentary

Cette monnaie est appelée “Liberty” ou “Barber” du nom de son auteur, le graveur Charles E. Barber (1840-1917). Il est le sixième graveur en chef de l’US Mint (Chief engraver). En 1879, il succède à son père, William Barber, et sera en poste jusqu’à sa mort en 1917.